Hey guys, I decided to start up a quote thread to compile all of David's best quotes. Feel free to keep adding!



DAVID COOK QUOTES.



1. "I'm a huge word nerd!" - When asked about what America might be surprised to know about him

2. "I started this season — much to Simon’s chagrin — as the word nerd and I’m absolutely at a loss for words. Thank you guys. This is amazing. Thank you." - When asked to give a speech during his winning moment

3. "If I could have a superpower, I'd like the ability to fly, so I can, you know?...soar, with the birds." - During the Ford Commercial

4."What's more unpredictable than being predictable?" - His reply when Simon criticized him for not changing the arrangements

5. "Fuck you, we're going to do it anyway!" - When Axium were playing in Tulsa and David asked if the audience minded if they played a cover and someone said no.

6."This was NOT in the brochure!" - During the Ford commercial when they were being painted

7."I consider myself a jack of all trades and a master of none" - When asked about special talents

8."Yeah, don't you know who I think I am?" - David helps an anchorman, and the producer asks the anchorman if he knows who is fixing his tie and David replies this.

9. AAARRRGGGHHH!!! - Infamous Pirate Joke

10. "I don't know anybody in this room....and I’m not wearing pants" - On the Guitar Hero commercial

11. "And there's the pudding" - When Jay Leno shows the GH commercial

12. "Well, never for money" - Jay Leno interview

13. "Thank you sounds so trite at this point" - SAID EVERYWHERE to EVERYONE

14. "That's fine with me." - He said this to Paula after her comment from the All Right Now performance from the top 20.

15."Unfortunately, I don't have to win you over with my charisma.. I've gotta win these people over.." - Way back from All Right Now performance ot Simon


16."I don't want to be That Guy." - He was talking about his decision to pursue music instead of a 9-5 job after he graduated from college. He talked about the people who would come into the bar who absolutely hated their jobs.


17."Enjoy the experience, don't just experience the experience" - Talking about his experience in the show.

18."I just want to be remembered a somebody who got into this for the right reasons, you know, I didn't get in to be a... celebrity , I got into this so I could make a living playing music." - Interview with JD

19. "One thing that America definitely doesn't know about me is that I am a huge word nerd. Uh, I love like, crossword puzzles and uh, word searches. I don't know, I'm kind of a geek for vocab.
"Juxtaposed"
"Vindicating"
"Ostentatious"
"Homage"
"Culmination"
"Obscurity"
"Permeated"
"Optimistically Pessimistic"
"I've always just been kind of enamoured with like, what words make. You know, crosswords for me are really just kind of... for lack of a better term, break- break from reality. It's quickly become uh, kind of an addiction really. Yeah, Word Nerd. There ya go." - On what America doesn;t know about him

20. "All of my songs will have melody, and probably some form of instrumentation. I'll come out... sing into a microphone... probably be wearing clothes..." - When asked what he had in store for his Top 2 performances. This is and will forever be my favorite DC quote ever.

21. Kimberly Caldwell: So what can we expect from David Cook?
David: The unexpected. I'll be releasing a country album. - From the Idol Tonight interview

22. "My first impression of Syesha was that she was a mute." - From AI Extra

23. "Everybody has a good heart at the end of the day." - Before he sang Innocent

23. "I'm a self-indulgent little shit." - From the Music Equals Life interview

24. "Hell, in Missouri, it's illegal to give or receive oral sex. So laws can be and sometimes are trite." - David Cook, Musicequalslife interview, 2006

25. "ROCK is not dead, it merely lies in a comatose state, frozen in some cryogenic lab. It'll actually be unfrozen in 2026, along with Rasputin's penis, and the head of Ted Williams." - David Cook, Musicequalslife interview, 2006

26. "Take the time to enjoy it, not just experience it." - David Cook, AI Questionnaire

27. "YOU, SIR!" - Ford commercial shoot (to Michael Johns, after Michael jokes about it being as fun as watching paint dry -- it was the commercial where they had handprints of paint on their shirts and stuff)

28. "Oooooo, Arhuleta" - DC's slightly sarcastic and thoroughly adorable response to Ryan's prodding during that silly "ready to rumble" routine at the beginning of the final performance show. It's just the way he did it, off the cuff.

29. On AI Extra on what kind of record he will be putting out:
"I just want to put out a record that’s going to have some staying power in five to ten years. Something that can stand up. I don’t want to put out a paperweight or a cup holder."

30. From Idol Extra:
“Standing in line in Omaha with my brother…it was raining, it was 5:30 in the morning, I was tired, I’d never been up before noon….”

31. “Man if you can’t feel 7,000 people cheering for you, then you’re in the wrong business.” - On the tears

32. In response to how he wants to be remembered:
“I just want to be remembered at all!”

33. From..well...everywhere right now :
“You couldn’t have written a better script.”

34. “LOL! I get my boots at Boot Star in LA. And BTW, I wear a size 13.” From text chat 5/23/08

35. “More of that...I like that!” - at stadium concert on David Cook Day, to a group of screaming women

36. “All in due time, all in due time...” - when told by interviewer that he has beautiful skin and that many women across America wanted to touch his skin

37. When asked by Paula if he thinks he's the next American Idol....
"I think so. I really do. Uh, I think I'm the next American Idol, um, because I bring something a little different to the table. I'm versatile vocally and uh, I feel like I'm a pretty personable guy."

38. “Archuletta, Castro.....careful!!!! These are not two rottweilers looking for a ham bone....they are unidentified flying objects!" from the making of the Ford commercial...."Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"

39. You take Madden, and I'll take American Idol." - David to Andrew, just before he left for LA, as told on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 22, 2008.

40. "This is all your fault"- to his brother on winning

41. "If I could have a superpower, I'd like the ability to fly, so I can, you know?...soar, with the birds."

42. "...he finally had the...intestinal fortitude, I guess... to try out." - Talking about Andrew and auditioning for AI.

43. "It was the dust." - Explaining why he cried during a radio interview

44. "Nothing keeps me grounded and true to myself...um...I'm just in it for the cash money. That's a lie. My friends and my family, I talk to them pretty regularly, and they won't ever allow me to get an ego." v- On what keeps him grounded

45. [b]"I heard some of you guys are skipping school to be here. Well, thank you for foregoing your education." - During Ford Commercial

46. [b]"I almost said shaking babies...that would have been terrible." - During Ford Commercial (Presedential themed)

47. "If this doesn't work out, I'm gonna go do that hotdog eating contest." - Talking about what would happen if he dropped out of AI

48. "I know I can't dance...so...there's nothing about this (points to himself), that screams dance"


49. "I fell in front of the So You Think You Can Dance dancers. I was trying to do the twirl, and I bit it...pretty hard. Then Michael Johns made fun of me, and..." - Talking about embarrassing moments

50. "Earlier in the season he called me arrogant and smug and pompous and I was just wondering what other words could be used to say the same thing."- Commenting on Simon

51. "It's hard maintaining composure when someone you care about says that in the face of death, because it's admitting that there is this huge blob of uncertainty about the whole thing." - On Adam


52."I just want to be remembered a somebody who got into this for the right reasons, you know, I didn't get in to be a... celebrity , I got into this so I could make a living playing music." - Interview with JD

53. After Larry King asked who was the brains and everyone named Cook: "Indubitably" *takes a drink*

54. after he got through the top 24:
"(sigh in relief) I finally don’t have to get a job.."

55. "The weirdest thing that I ever ate, I was at Church camp in Ohio I believe and everyday they would do these sermons that have themes and along with these sermons they had games for everybody to play and you could win cash if you won these games. I got entered into this contest where I had to chug a 20 ounce soda with a live minnow in it and I was in a fight with around two other guys and I won, but I had to swallow a live minnow" - On the weirdest thing he has ever ate

56. "Take care monkeys" and "[b]What’s up punk bitches?" from his Myspace blog

57. The coke videos :
Question: what super powers would you like to have?
Carly: I'd like to be able to hear what people are saying... or what they're thinking... right?
(DC in the background fiddling with something maybe it's one of those word computer games?)
Cook: Sure, why not?
(Camera is on KLC but DC keep talking in the background)
Carly: You know what I mean!
Cook: I wish I had the super power of... of being able to hear.
KLC: See what I have to deal with everyday?
Cook: "I wish I could read peoples' minds" somehow turned into something along the lines of "I wish I could taste things".

58. “Ya like that..? Yeah ya do!” - from the pirate joke video clip.

59."I love you too." -When being interviewed and a member of the audience shouts "I LOVE YOU!"

60. "You can have the video games and I'll take American Idol..." -To his brother on Idol Extra

61. "What camera do I look into? Yes! Yes...Yes." - When asked "are you single?"

62. "It's nice to have people outside your circle say 'Hey, you don't suck'." - Video before Happy Together


63. Larry King asks DC if he was surprised when he won as he (DC) thought all along that DA would win, and DC said that the whole time all you heard was talk about DA, and DA started to chuckle and DC said, “You laugh all you want”

64. "He feels like now, he can maybe enjoy the fruits of my labor"v -when Larry King asks him how Andrew feels about the whole Idol thing now

65. When DC and DA are talking to LK, and DA is telling Larry that all his friends have DC's song on their myspace, DC shrugs his shoulders and says, [b]“Some Friends”.


66. “Based on genetics, it'll be gone someday. So I'm letting it enjoy the ride.”- DC referring to his hair.

67. On the Tonight Show, when Jay Leno was asking him why he didn't originally want to try out and at one point David said, "EEEASY"

68. “They had questions. I had answers. Kind of like Radio Shack.” - On receiving an e-mail by musicequalslife.com

69. Got this from Andrew facebook: "True friends stab you in the front".

70. Calling himself a "jeans and T-shirt guy", David Cook has a practical approach to fashion. "You buy the Hanes 3-pack of T-shirts and that's three days of not having to do laundry," he told PEOPLE.

71. "I keeps it reeeeeal" - TV interview with KC

72."The tears...that was just an exhale for me." - On his tears during finale night

73. “I was a real shy kid growing up if u can believe that.” - Reggie and Kelly Interview

74. “I started singing, ah, well technically in the womb.” - Reggie and Kelly Interview

75. "LOVIN' IT!" - To Brooke after his pirate joke in the Making Of Video

76. "Michael Johns is 57 going on 12" -On maturity, during Larry king

77. "Easy Michael Johns, easy." - LKL

78. "And that is why I pay Michael Johns the big bucks." - LKL

79. "Archie is 17 going on 30 and Michael Johns is 57 years old going on 12." -LKL


80. "I'll take Almost" - DC's reply to Simon after his Happy Together performance and Simon said he's never heard that song sung like that before and the David made it almost believable.

81. "You know for me this whole thing has been a progression and so the way I was looking at it is ... why do something I've already done!" - DC's reply to Simon saying you should've sung Billie Jean or Hello.

82. “I'll take it..” - During audition when Simon says that Cookie is being too 'worthy'.

83. "What's not cool about playing guitar?" - Or something like that. He said during the interview with Larry King it after a fan asked him tips about playing the guitar.

84. “I'm a terrible bartender. It's a good thing this music thing worked out”--On Live with Regis and Kelly when asked if he knows the ingredients to different Alcoholic beverages

85. "Hey E. I am your new American Idol. What is going on?" - taken backstage after the Finale by E! News

86. [b]"I'm just being me so if it comes across as being a superhero ... then guess what *smirks and shrugs his shoulders*" - Ford Making the Video - Tainted Love

87. Brooke - "We're partners of good - Brooke & Cook or Cook & Brooke or Brookie & Cookie ... whatever!"
David - "I like Cook & Brooke!"
Brooke - "Cook & Brooke ... yes!" - Ford Making the Video


88. DC: "Ah . . . eta carinae."
Cameraman: "What does that mean?"
DC: "It is the name of the largest star in the Milky Way galaxy. And it is rumored to explode in the next 50 to 10,000 years. Or implode. What'd stars do? Explode? Implode? It's expected to 'plode." - When Idols were asked to name their 'album'

9. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

"I don't know anybody in this room....and i'm not wearing pants"

"And there's the pudding"

"Well never for money" All three were from the Jay Leno interview

"thank you sounds so trite at this point" - SAID EVERYWHERE to EVERYONE (he likes that word apparently)

can you blame him? trite is a cool word. and seeing as he is a word nerd and all.....

Lol, sweet. Could you guys put numbers on the quotes though, just to keep track; much appreciated.

And you know, I love the word trite too. I was ecstatic to see David flinging it about, and when Syesha called him Mr. Fancy. It tickled me nine ways to Sunday.

I was thinking of making a theard like this David cook have some great quotes.

"That's fine with me." He said this to Paula after her comment from the All Right Now performance from the top 20.

chagrin---hmm nice. and trite as well. what a nerd.

thanks for these! these are awesome.

"I don't know anybody in this room....and i'm not wearing pants" From where did he say this, btw?

I'll add one!

"Unfortunately, I don't have to win you over with my charisma.. I've gotta win these people over.."

Way back from All Right Now performance.. who can ever forget this one.. Haha. The lil' argue between Simon and our brainy DC bout the rules in the competition??? waaah! and this is from the time when he said bout the "Word Nerd" thing! Love it!

I loved it when he was talking about his decision to pursue music instead of a 9-5 job after he graduated from college. He talked about the people who would come into the bar who absolutely hated their jobs and he said:

"I don't want to be That Guy."

My immediate thought was: you will never have to be 'that guy' because you are going to be a star.

18."Enjoy the experience, don't just experience the experience" - Talking about his experience in the show.

19."I just want to be remembered a somebody who got into this for the right reasons, you know, I didn't get in to be a... celebrity , I got into this so I could make a living playing music." - Interview with JD

McDavid, it's from the Jay Leno interview.

"One thing that America definitely doesn't know about me is that I am a huge word nerd. Uh, I love like, crossword puzzles and uh, word searches. I don't know, I'm kind of a geek for vocab.
"Juxtaposed"
"Vindicating"
"Ostentatious"
"Homage"
"Culmination"
"Obscurity"
"Permeated"
"Optimistically Pessimistic"
"I've always just been kind of enamoured with like, what words make. You know, crosswords for me are really just kind of... for lack of a better term, break- break from reality. It's quickly become uh, kind of an addiction really. Yeah, Word Nerd. There ya go."

That's from his intro to Alright Now where they did a montage of all his nerdy words so far

NICE!

"All of my songs will have melody, and probably some form of instrumentation. I'll come out... sing into a microphone... probably be wearing clothes..."
(When asked what he had in store for his Top 2 performances. This is and will forever be my favorite DC quote ever. Haha.)

Kimberly Caldwell: So what can we expect from David Cook?
David: The unexpected. I'll be releasing a country album.
(From the Idol Tonight interview last night.)

"My first impression of Syesha was that she was a mute."
(From AI Extra)

"Everybody has a good heart at the end of the day."
(Before he sang Innocent.)

"I'm a self-indulgent little shit."
(From the Music Equals Life interview.)

Those are all I can think of offhand... I know there are many, many more. He's so eloquent and witty. *swoon*

25. "Hell, in Missouri, it's illegal to give or recieve oral sex. So laws can be and sometimes are trite." - David Cook, Musicequalslife interview, 2006

26. "ROCK is not dead, it merely lies in a comatose state, frozen in some cryogenic lab. It'll actually be unfrozen in 2026, along with Rasputin's penis, and the head of Ted Williams." - David Cook, Musicequalslife interview, 2006

27. "Take the time to enjoy it, not just experience it." - David Cook, AI Questionnaire

28. "YOU, SIR!" - Ford commercial shoot (to Michael Johns, after Michael jokes about it being as fun as watching paint dry -- it was the commercial where they had handprints of paint on their shirts and stuff)


Oh, there are tons more. I love when he made fun of Carly saying her superpower was the ability to hear what people were saying. And of course, the pirate joke is still an all-time favorite.

#29:
"Oooooo, Arhuleta" - DC's slightly sarcastic and thouroughly adorable response to Ryan's prodding during that silly "ready to rumble" routine at the beginning of the final performance show. It's just the way he did it, off the cuff.

btw, I love all the quotes everyone's listed! And now that AI is over and the G rating has come down, I'm banking on seeing much more of the witty and smart aleck side of Cook. Don't worry, he'll still be well mannered, polite and loaded with integrity, but I think we're in for some really salty, fun (and funny) moments and quotes from him! Can't wait until that sense of humor of his is let loose!!!!

On AI Extra on what kind of record he will be putting out:

"I just want to put out a record that’s going to have some staying power in five to ten years. Something that can stand up. I don’t want to put out a paperweight or a cup holder."

From Idol Extra:

“Standing in line in Omaha with my brother…it was raining, it was 5:30 in the morning, I was tired, I’d never been up before noon….”

“Man if you can’t feel 7,000 people cheering for you, then you’re in the wrong business.”

In response to how he wants to be remembered:

“I just want to be remembered at all!”

From..well...everywhere right now!

“You couldn’t have written a better script.”

LOL! I get my boots at Boot Star in LA. And BTW, I wear a size 13. From text chat 5/23/08

More of that...I like that! at stadium concert on David Cook Day, to a group of screaming women

All in due time, all in due time... when told by interviewer that he has beautiful skin and that many women across America wanted to touch his skin

Proud to be Word Nerd #919

when asked by Paula if he thinks he's the next American Idol....

"I think so. I really do. Uh, I think I'm the next American Idol, um, because I bring something a little different to the table. I'm versatile vocally and uh, I feel like I'm a pretty personable guy."


OH HOW RIGHT HE WAS <3